The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-12
SOME CINCINNATI GHOSTS.
Weird Experiences That Are Not
Easily Explained.
FROM "a Cinotnnati kaaqlairer

servant chrOnlclef 10 Collect among our peO-
nile at home, in and about Cincinnati. a
stock of experiences and happenings as mar
yelous as any which are recorded elsewhere.
Keeping strictly outside of the class of pro-
fessional Spiritual mediums, we note here
several occurrences which rest upon the
testimony of more than one person, and
cannot, therefore, be accounted for as opti-
cal illusions or the product of disordered
stomach, Sufficient reason for withholding
names will be readily discovered in several
of these narratives, and to avoid possible
o~ense in other cases none are given
Some wears since a well-known resident of
a town not far from this city went with a
friend to see to the division of a crop of
corn which had been raised for him ION
shares" The raiser of the crop had with
him his friend, and third man had been
chosen to make up the three who were to
make the division of the crop. Five men
were therefore assembled about the gathered
corn. but the raiser of the crop kept sullenly
anart. sitting on an old bob-Sled with his
hack to the others. His partner in the crop,
fine land owner, stood at the opposite side of
the sled AS the appraisernent was about to
he made the crop raiser, without turning his
head roughly said that it was of no use. for
in this an attempt to defraud him
of his share, the land owner became
furiously angry. Wrenching from its place
one of the stout sled stakes, he raised it
above his head to strike the sitting man op-
posite. but at the instant when the cudgel
was poised to descend it was thrown as if
snatched from the holders hand, and fell to
the ground a rod behind him. The man
himself turned half around as if some one
had seized him by the shoulders, and fell.
his head striking the sled rail. Staggering
To his feet, he clutched the arm of the friend
who had come with him, and without
word to the others the two walked away
When they were beyond hearing the land
owner exclaimed to his friend, hoarsely and
as If in terror:
s'My Godl Glenn, did you see that? Did
Won hear what he saidg'
ssHear whatW asked the friend, amazed.
"Why, my father snatched the stake out
of nv hands and whirled me round so |
fell! Didn't you hear him say: William
would you do a murder? His voice was
awful"
Now, except the threatened man, the
raiser of the crop, who did not turn Shis
head until the other one fell all those
present saw the stake fly from the uplifted
hands of the landowner, and in such a direc-
ton that he could not have thrown it, at
4 the same time casting himself to the ground
None Of them, however, heard the ghostly
words which he tremblingly repeated to his
friend. His father had been dead twenty
years.
HIS LIFE WAS SOUGHT.
Aphysician in a small town on the Ohio
J not many miles away, having been sum
moned to a consultation in the adjoining
town, prepared to start at daylight next
Il morning i'll his buggy; but just as he was
getting into his bed at the usual hour the
i door of the room opened, and his father,
dead for a dozen years, stood before him.
Startled, but not scared, the doctor accosted
A the specter:
''Well, pop what is itr'
The answer came distinctly: "Your life
4 Is sought. At the cross road by the orchard,
three miles out, a man in a blue shirt and
4 pants and SLOUGH hat will be waiting for
4 you in the morning with double barreled
shotgun.
q The apparition vanished This being the
doctors first ghost, he was suspicious but a
4 careful Self-examination showed that he was
in every way in his normal condition. He
was about to lie down after reaching this
4 conclusion, when the door opened again and
the specter stood before him once more.
Precisely the same warning was given.
81 The doctor was SO uneasy over this
that he delayed his departure in
the morning to get a friend to &C
company him. To the friend he
81 told the story and was laughed it. 1t was
scrlbed lay at the point named. Laughed
at and badgered, the doctors faith in the
81 ghoStly warning was weak by the time they
were three miles OUT but suddenly, as they
passed over the crest of hill, there before
them was the orchard and the cross-road,
and there, also, leaning against fence and
holding gun in one hand, was man in
blue shirt and pants and SLOUGH hat. The
doctor had put his own gun into his buggy,
and now, as he took it in hand, leaving his
friend to drive, the blue-shirted fellow
turned up the cross-foad and made off before
they reached it,
Arrived at his destination. the doctor
Iound that the summons to the consultation
was trick They spent most of the day in
tne place, and when they were ready to re-
turn The doctor went to the stable for his
morse AS ne was untying the halter-strap
us us lather's specter again appeared, this
ume standing close to the opposite side of
the horse. The doctor challenged and the
answer was.
Your life is sought When you get
nome you will discover that they have made
IRE for you in the east ROOM The woman
VIII go III there with you and stand leaning
ner elbow on the mantel There will be
Only one chair and that will be before the
l 9th window. A pane of glass will be out
VI IhaC window. Ii you sit in the chair the
woman will give three raps on the mantel
awl announcer woman will shoot you from the
P3rch, putting her gun through the window
"nere the glass is gone"
ms was told to the doctors friend, who
s9nlewhat staggered by the verification of
. .ue former warning, did not laugh, but
,aOner unwllllngly consented to stay by and
elt out. All happened as foretold. To
U.st H. the doctor went without word to the
e eGS1 room. The woman, hired housekeeper,
iTT nv wed ana took her place by the mantel.
Inc friend remained at the other end of the
TTouSe, where door opened ON the porch
nuIlhlng the solitary chair in the east room
sStnat ne could keep one eye toward the win
uow, uhe doctor sat down and the woman
gIdlelesSly raped three times on the mantel
anS the doctor sprang from his chair
a anu STOOD Hat against tho wall by the side Of
VIC window, but not an instant before q
man Inquire appeared at the window and q
bu li was thrust through the unglazed sash.
put Tue mark was gone from the chair, and
nan anu gun vanished like flash. The
allehd at the other end of the house rushed
VuI on the porch in time to see a man jump
Lle renee at the east end and disappear in
~hS ned OF tall corn. While the doctor
ana ms friend were discussing the affair,
ing '''' - i'''''''0 ~ 'iio wal -
Inc ghost said woman would try to
% ~ioot ,yol. This was a man. l saw him
"n r, ne jumped the fencc.n
=, puV Ine doctor was clear that the word OF